314 WOODPECKERS. 



two behind. Eggs. 6-7, white, polished, 

 placed in holes. Young, naked and help- 

 less. Flight, heavy and undulating, but 

 often swift. Drum on trees, etc., as a roll 

 call. Climb head first, but back down. 



Fig. 250 



Yellow-bellied Sapsutker. 1-6. 



333. YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, 



Small, 8.50, longitudinal white patch 

 on wing; male, with crown and throat, 

 crimson, fig. 250; female, throat white; both 

 much mottled above, yellow below, and 

 with black spot on breast; young with black 

 spot on breast replaced by gray and with 

 little red on head; adult plumage gradually 



